Valeri Karpov

Infobox Ice Hockey Player


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played_for = Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
position = Left Wing
shoots = Left
height_ft = 5
height_in = 10
weight_lb = 203
nickname =
nationality = Russia
birth_date = Birth date and age|1971|8|5|mf=y
birth_place = Chelyabinsk, USSR
draft = 56th overall
draft_year = 1993
draft_team = Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
career_start = 1988
career_end = 2005

Valeri Karpov (born August 5, 1971 in Chelyabinsk, Russia) is a retired ice hockey player who played in the Soviet Hockey League and National Hockey League. He played for Traktor Chelyabinsk and HC CSKA Moscow in Russia before moving to North America. He was drafted 56th overall by the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft and joined the team the next season, but struggled to maintain a place in the Ducks roster, bouncing around the minor leagues. He played 76 regular season games for the Ducks over three seasons, scoring 14 goals and 15 assists for 29 points, collecting 32 penalty minutes. He returned to Russia in 1997, spending three seasons with Metallurg Magnitogorsk, helping them win the RSL title in 1999. After spells with Lada Togliatti and HC Dynamo Moscow, he returned to Metallurg Magnitogorsk in 2001, where he stayed for another four years. He retired in 2005. He was inducted into the Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame in 1993.

External links

* [http://www.chidlovski.com/personal/1954/02hhof.htm Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame bio]
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